Sisyphus and Atlas

If Sisyphus and Atlas had a collision and had their respective plights mixed they would then become my best friend and I. You see Sisyphus was doomed to forever push a boulder up a hill only to have it roll back to the bottom, and Atlas carried the world on his shoulders. Why do I make this comparison you might be asking. And oh boy am I about to tell you. For as long as we've been friends, roughly 20 years, we have been the same two people. We are the friends that everybody else flakes on when they find something better to do. We are the people who give to the pan handlers, knowing they may drive off in a BMW later, because well, they might not. We buy trinkets for people just because they made us think of them. We bring you dinner when your feeling down. We watch your children for free. And we complain to each other when you ditch us for somebody cooler. But you know who else we are. We are the people who loan you our car, only to have you give it back without a thank you, but an accusation. We are the people who you choose to talk shit about when you're bored. Yet you don't have the common courtesy, or balls for that matter, to open your mouth when confronted with your indiscretions. You make promises and then break them. And then we are the assholes for having our feelings hurt. You are completely correct, you have the right to change your mind. I have the right to feel bad about your decision. We have babies now and it's time to clean out the closet, so to speak. Go ahead and call every night for advice. Go ahead and not answer the phone when you know I need help. Because you know what, we have each other, just like junior high. You go ahead with your low self esteem and keep dropping my name. We're still better people for keeping your names out of our mouths anyway. We don't need to use them, you know who you are. And you know what else, we'll keep on helping you out, and venting to each other, rather than the deserving party.. You want to know why, because that's who we are, and nobody is worth changing for. I just thought I'd let you know, that even when you think you're getting one over on us, you're not. We know exactly who you are, we just overlook it. But seriously, don't be surprised if you start receiving fewer phone calls from our end.